raw fish (sashimi) do you?

[cherimoya_kid]

can all the organs/insides of the fish be eaten? how many of you actually eat the WHOLE fish(head, organs etc.)?

Inger eats fish head smoothies a lot. I do not, but I eat a lot of shellfish. I do worry about mercury in the organs of large predatory fish.

[eveheart]

can all the organs/insides of the fish be eaten? how many of you actually eat the WHOLE fish(head, organs etc.)?

I used a googled fish anatomy chart to figure out what's what in fish and shellfish. In a fish, I don't eat the gills, for example, but the other little bits are okay to eat. Not much to it in a small fish. They have all the organs, but itty-bitty ones.

[TylerDurden]

can all the organs/insides of the fish be eaten? how many of you actually eat the WHOLE fish(head, organs etc.)?

If the fish is small enough, the whole fish. If it's bigger than a sardine, then I avoid the head and some innards.

[PaleoPhil]

Squid ink is good. I don't enjoy squid very much, other than the ink, though.  They're not fatty enough for me.

It's also apparently healthful:

How black squid ink may help fight cancer and tumor cells: Glycosis happens
http://www.naturalnews.com/043074_squid_ink_health_food_disease_prevention.html

And squid ink is not the only beneficial natural pigment:

Functions of natural pigments on gastric ulcer and cancer
http://tissuescience-regenerativemedicine.conferenceseries.com/abstract/2015/functions-of-natural-pigments-on-gastric-ulcer-and-cancer#sthash.WXyTE00S.dpuf

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-476366/Brightly-coloured-fruits-hold-key-fighting-cancer.html

"Mitochondria: The 'power supplies' of cells. I believe, they also represent pulsating near infrared light sources because they contain the vast majority of porphyrin (heme-)containing proteins in tissue cells, namely the cytochromes." - Prof. Guenter Albrecht-Buehler, http://www.basic.northwestern.edu/g-buehler/htmltxt.htm

Light-harvesting chlorophyll pigments enable mammalian mitochondria to capture photonic energy and produce ATP
http://jcs.biologists.org/content/127/2/388.full

Nonphotosynthetic Pigments as Potential Biosignatures

Flavonoids and Melanins: A Common Strategy across Two Kingdoms

PLOS ONE: Ionizing Radiation Changes the Electronic Properties of Melanin and Enhances the Growth of Melanized Fungi


Methylene blue is a photosensitizer: A transcriptional response to singlet oxygen, a toxic byproduct of photosynthesis.

Methylene Blue: Revisited
Prashant R. Ginimuge and S.D. Jyothi
J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol. 2010 Oct-Dec; 26(4): 517–520.
"Recent research suggests that Methylene Blue and other redox cyclers induce selective cancer cell apoptosis by NAD (P) H: quinine oxidoreductase (NQO1)-dependent bioreductive generation of cellular oxidative stress. Hence Methylene Blue is being investigated for the photodynamic treatment of cancer."

[cherimoya_kid]

Much to look through, there.

[goodsamaritan]

Squid ink.
Yes i eat whole tiny squid.
Muat look for that again.

[political atheist]

mackerel?

[svrn]

mercury in raw fish actually detoxes toxic mercury in your body. Not only is it harmless but it is in fact very healthy and natural.